Quality of life and neck pain in nurses

• Authors: Lucy Joslin , Christopher Davis , Patricia Dolan , Emma Clark

Abstracts

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Objectives: To investigate the association between neck pain and psychological stress in nurses. Material and Methods: Nurses from the Avon Orthopaedic Centre completed 2 questionnaires: the Short Form-36 (SF-36) and 1 exploring neck pain and associated psychological stress. Results: Thirty four nurses entered the study (68% response). Twelve (35.3%) had current neck pain, 13 (38.2%) reported neck pain within the past year and 9 (26.5%) had no neck pain. Subjects with current neck pain had significantly lower mental health (47.1 vs. 70.4; p = 0.002), physical health (60.8 vs. 76.8; p = 0.010) and overall SF-36 scores (56.8 vs. 74.9; p = 0.003). Five (41.7%) subjects with current neck pain and 5 (38.5%) subjects with neck pain in the previous year attributed it to psychological stress. Conclusions: Over 1/3 of nurses have symptomatic neck pain and significantly lower mental and physical health scores. Managing psychological stress may reduce neck pain, leading to improved quality of life for nurses, financial benefits for the NHS, and improved patient care.

Keywords

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stress; nurses; neck pain; quality of life; SF-36

• Publisher: Instytut Medycyny Pracy im. prof. dra Jerzego Nofera w Łodzi
• Journal: International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 27
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 236-242

Dates

published

2014

Contributors

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Lucy Joslin

• Academic Rheumatology, Avon Orthopaedic Centre, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, UK

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Christopher Davis

• Department of Plastic Surgery, St. Thomas’ Hospital, London, UK

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Patricia Dolan

• Centre for Comparative and Clinical Anatomy, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

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Emma Clark

• Academic Rheumatology, Avon Orthopaedic Centre, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, UK

Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s13382-014-0267-7

Biblioteka Nauki

2178833